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See Maunder.

A mandrel.

A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel- brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros qusesita. Called also Coromandel wood.

hority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it. A leader and commander to the people. Is. lv. 4.

The office of a commander.

The office or rank of a commander. [Obs.]

One who demands.

A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Chamædrys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs. American germander, Teucrium Canadense. -- Germander chickweed, Veronica agrestis. -- Water germander, Teucrium Scordium. -- Wood germander, Teucrium Scorodonia.

To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent. [Political Cant, U. S.]

See Gormand, n. [Obs.]

The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon.

in such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain; -- more properly pomander box. [Obs.] Bacon.

One who reprimands.

Solidofied material in a furnace hearth. Giant salamander. (Zoöl.) See under Giant. -- Salamander's hair or wool (Min.), a species of asbestus or mineral flax. [Obs.] Bacon.

A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places in Europe.

A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott.

ief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.

In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.

A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.

followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.